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All earnings go to the "Out–Laws of Physics (OoPs) Scholarship Fund" in the Cal Poly Pomona Physics Department.
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More Cowbell!!! |
OoPs performing at "The Press Restaurant," Claremont, 25 November 2006 |
"Leaux"
(John Hadden)
Bass Guitar |
"Slo"
(John Mallinckrodt)
Lead Guitar
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"Throte"
(Jolene Houser)
Lead Vocals and Guitar |
"Styx"
(Harvey Leff)
Drums |
"Phingerz"
(John Jewett)
Keyboards |
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Announcing the release of our first CD:
"The Out-Laws of Physics, Live!"
Twenty tunes recorded at various gigs
in the Inland Empire and Orange County
Listen to the album sampler
"The Out-Laws of Physics, Live!" CD is available only as a gift in return for tax-deductible donations to the "Out-Laws of Physics Scholarship Fund" in the Cal Poly Pomona Physics Department. The suggested donation is $15. Send checks (made out to "Out-Laws of Physics Scholarship Fund, Cal Poly Pomona") and your return address to
Professor John "Slo" Mallinckrodt
Physics Department
Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona, CA 91768
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More Sound Samples
Slow Down (Larry Williams, Live at the Upland Lemon Festival, 26 April 2009)
Lesson in Leavin' (Brent Maher and Randy Goodrum, Live at the Upland Lemon Festival, 26 April 2009)
Physics Department Mama (Words by Harvey "Styx" Leff, Music by John "Slo" Mallinckrodt, recorded in Styx' dining room on 11 July 2006 by the Out–Laws of Physics)
[Note: "Physics Department Mama" is the Out–Laws of Physics' only original tune and was written in honor of former department secretary, Beverly Schuster, who retired in 2006 after 34 years of mind-bogglingly committed service to the department's faculty, staff, and students. Beverly is the Physics Department Mama.]
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More Pics of OoPs 
OoPs performing at the Upland Lemon Festival, 26 April 2009 |

The Press Restaurant
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Cal Poly Pomona Faculty Day |
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EARLIER MUSICAL EFFORTS:
The
Invaders
(performing
in our parents' living rooms circa 1965-67)
Bryce
Shirley: Rhythm Guitar
Wayne Winterbourne: Drums
Tom Wieland: Bass Guitar
Me: Lead Guitar
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The
original lineup (Bryce, Wayne, and John) |
Tom
joins on bass (and check out the cool logo!) |
Barr
Sinister
performing
in our parents' living rooms circa 1967-69
Mike
Boeck: Bass Guitar
Me: Guitar
Bob Mann: Drums
Rick ??: Keyboard (except we used to just call it
an "organ") |
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Mike,
John, Bob, and Rick |
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Per-fessional |
Practice
Sheet |
Vishnu
~1969-71
Ken Deroche : Guitar
Me: Guitar
John Hadden: Bass Guitar
Paul Ripley: Drums |
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Vishnu at "The Woodshed"
Minocqua, Wisconsin— Summer 1970 |
Killing them softly |
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4th of July Parade—Minocqua, Wisconsin |
Loveland Pass, Colorado (Album Cover?) |
Conan
Late
70's-Early 80's
Abe
Taylor: Guitar
Ken Emerick: Bass Guitar
Chris Wolcott: Drums
Conan Dunham: Vocals
Me: Guitar |

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News Flash!! August 2009!!
Conan's Back!
Information about recent sightings and
the compilation album is available at
http://www.conans-back.com/
Also listen to a snippet of "Circle of the Fool" from Conan III: A Sure Thing and included on Conan's Back |
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Mike
Johnson and Friends sometimes AKA "Skids"
Late
70's-Early 80's
No Pics! Help
Mike
Johnson : Acoustic Guitar and vocals
Me: Electric Guitar
John Gonder: Mandolin, Piano
Dennis White: Mandolin, Guitar
Willow van den Hoek: Backing vocals
Others ...
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Skids |
A side: "Fire in Topanga" B
side: "California Gray" |
Other
music that I have made or helped to make
(.mp3 formatmostly kind of low res to save space and bandwidth) |
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A very short triple-tracked piece performed on an alto recorder.
I just think its kinda purty. |
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In the early 1980's I applied for a job with Professor David
Goodstein at Caltech to help produce the "Mechanical
Universe" series. I was one of several finalists for the
position and I really wanted the job, so I composed and recorded
this piece as a suggested theme song hoping it would demonstrate
my double threat capability as a musician and
a physicist.
I didn't get the job. |
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A cover version of the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac classic.
Recorded with my friend John Hadden who graded my physics homework
when he and I were students at Harvey Mudd College and who played
bass in our band Vishnu and its disreputable but occasionally
star-studded post-baccalaureate remains, Buffalo Springsteen. Hadden now plays bass with the Out-Laws of Physics (see top of page.) |
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One of my first totally solo efforts recorded in 1980 in the 8-track
bedroom studio that I installed in the attic of a beautiful old house
in Berkeley that had been featured a few years earlier in a Life
Magazine cover article. Intended for an album I never finished. |
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Another solo tune for the album that never was. Kinda Ricky
Nelson à la Led Zeppelin. |
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Like synthesizers? You may change your mind after listening to
this over-the-top piece that I put together using my Sequential Circuits
Prophet-5. |
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A song I used to perform in a country rock group led by a fellow
named Mike Johnson (not this Mike Johnson.) (Hey, Mike; get in touch with me if you see this.)
He and I recorded this version at the Sausalito Record Plant where I was working weekends as a technician
in the late 70's. Mike played acoustic guitar and sang the lead vocals.
I played all the other instruments, programmed the drum machine, sang
the backup parts, and did the engineering. |
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Another song written by my Mike Johnson (and, I assume, copyrighted under his "Barbequed Records" label) and recorded at various studios in the East Bay area including my own around 1982. I hesitated for several years to put this one up for fear of stepping on his toes, but I have recently learned that he is, sadly, no longer with us andI hope this will serve as some kind of minor monument to his musical legacy. I love this song like to think my guitar playing on this one is at least a little bit Mark Knopfler-esque. I can't remember many other details, but I think it features John Gonder (of the 70's-80's era "Back Up & Push") on piano and drums. Also heard on this tune is Willow van den Hoek (with whom I reconnected in 2009. |
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A snippet of a song written by my friend Conan and recorded at the Attic
Sound Lab (my attic recording studio) for the album Conan III
in the early 80's. Conan wrote and sang the song. I played all the instruments, programmed
the drum machine, and did the engineering.
I reestablished contact with Conan in February 2006 and he has recently (August 2009) released a new album, "Conan's Back" (see above), that includes this tune. See the Conan's Back website for more details. |
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One of several songs written and recorded by my Attic "client" and friend, Shadee Rashada, and included here with his permission.
Shadee played and sang all parts except for the lead guitar, which
I added. I reestablished contact with Shadee in December 2003. Check out Shadee's website for samples of his recent work. |
Other
Stuff?? |
I have
other music from some of my old Attic Sound Lab clients
that I would love to put up here, but I feel like I ought to
get permission first. So, Sam Bostic, Billy Keener, Edward Joseph, others: Send me email.
Let me know where you are and what you're up to these days. |
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